Dr Adewale Adenuga

 

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Adewale.adenuga@afbini.gov.uk

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ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-2717

 

Research Group

 Farm and Household Economics
Research Interests
  • Economics of farm households
  • Policy impact assessment
  • Environmental economics
  • Production economics
  • Farm management
  • Development economics

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Biography

Dr Adenuga is a Senior Agricultural Economist and Project Leader in the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). He has expertise in quantitative (econometric) and qualitative modelling techniques. His current research projects include measuring the impact of rural development policies on farm economic and environmental performance; analysis of barriers to long-term land leasing and factors influencing endemic diseases in livestock. Through his research, he provides insights into factors that influence sustainable agricultural practices among farming households. Before joining AFBI, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD in Agricultural and Food Economics from Queen’s University Belfast and holds an MSc in agricultural Economics and B. Agric. (First Class Honours) degrees from the University of Ilorin.  He has won numerous awards as a researcher including the “Outstanding Young Researcher” award of the Agricultural Economics Society (AES). Dr Adenuga is an active member of the AES, the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), and the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). He is a member of the international editorial board of Bio-based and Applied Economics Journals and has published over 60 articles in reputable economics journals.

Select Publications

Adenuga, A. H., Jack, C., McCarry, R., & Caskie, P. (2023). Barriers and Enablers of Long‐term Land Leasing: a Case Study of Northern Ireland. EuroChoices, 2(22), 20-27.

Adenuga, A. H., Jack C., and McCarry R. (2021). "The Case for Long-Term Land Leasing: A Review of the Empirical Literature."  Land 10 (3):238

Adenuga, A. H., Davis, J., Hutchinson, G., Patton, M., and Donnellan, T. (2020). Analysis of the effect of alternative agri-environmental policy instruments on production performance and nitrogen surplus of representative dairy farms. Agricultural Systems, 184, 102889

Jack, C., Adenuga, A. H., Ashfield, A., and Wallace, M. (2020). Investigating the Drivers of Farmers’ Engagement in a Participatory Extension Programme: The Case of Northern Ireland Business Development Groups. Sustainability, 12(11), 4510

Adenuga, A. H., Davis, J., Hutchinson, G., Donnellan, T., and Patton, M. (2019). Environmental Efficiency and Pollution Costs of Nitrogen Surplus in Dairy Farms: A Parametric Hyperbolic Technology Distance Function Approach. Environmental and Resource Economics, 74(3), 1273-1298

Adenuga, A. H., Davis, J., Hutchinson, G., Donnellan, T., and Patton, M. (2018). Modelling regional environmental efficiency differentials of dairy farms on the island of Ireland. Ecological Indicators, 95, 851-861

Farnsworth K. D., Adenuga A. H., and de Groot R. S. (2015). The complexity of biodiversity: A biological perspective on economic valuation. Ecological Economics, 120:350-354 

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